The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t9.35

c8.t9.35

In his commentary, *D.* states 9 bricks in the head, 62 in the body, 21 in the tail and 108 in the wings; that is, he includes in the body 20 bricks at the two junctions of the wings with the body and 2 B₅s at the junction of the tail with the body. In the number of brick types, there is no discrepancy : *asminprastāre ekādaśa pañcamyaḥ | dvādaśa tadardhyāḥ | ekādaśa tatpādyāḥ | dve aṣṭamyau | ekaviṁśatiḥ | ubhayyo’ṣṭau | sapta-ṣaṣṭiradhyardhāḥ | catustriṁśadardhyāḥ | aṣṭāviṁśatidīrghapādyāḥ | ṣaṭ śūlapādyāḥ |.*